On December 1, I attended a seminar over the tech rivalry between the United States and China. The seminar included panelists Timothy Hsieh and Mark Cohen.
Hsieh is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Oklahoma City University School of Law.
Cohen is a Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Timothy Hsieh
In the seminar, Cohen wanted to cover three main points:
- Where is China now in IPR?
- Does China pose a threat to the U.S.?
- If so, what do we do about it?
The seminar helped me to realize how far China truly is in technology. As Cohen put it, “China used to be seen as a copier of technology, now they are a leader”.
China can no longer be seen as a “copier” when in some ways, such as intellectual property rights, artificial intelligence, and facial recognition technology, they have surpassed us.
Cohen stated the importance of improving U.S. competitiveness. One way he said to help implement this is something I feel can be applied to several different foreign affair aspects.
Some of the best ideas come from exchanging them with other countries.
Mark Cohen
It is unclear what the future holds, but it is certain that our best creations will come from the collaboration of engineers, both domestic and foreign.
This event was sponsored by the OU Institute for US-China Issues.